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The Booth Brothers announced Sunday that Paul Lancaster’s wife passed away Sunday morning with Paul at her side.Â
Michelle Lancaster had bravely battled breast cancer for 3 and a half years.Â
A celebration of Michelle’s life will be announced soon. Please continue to pray for this family.
Floyd Rogers
It’s common to see those who oppose our faith post articles about preachers caught doing something wrong. These kinds of stories make up the majority of posts on some atheist websites. But while non-believers consider them proof the Bible is false, I see them as affirmation of God’s word.
For one, they affirm God’s warning against false prophets. And a minister does not need to be a false prophet to sin. Roman’s makes it clear that all have sinned, even preachers.
Consider King David got a woman pregnant and had her husband killed to cover up his guilt. Yet two times the scripture calls him a man after God’s own heart. Not because of his sin, but because he sought to please God even though he had major failures.
Our failures may be mocked, but they are not proof that God’s word is false. They affirm its warnings and they should never keep us from turning back to God.
Floyd Rogers
Apologetics literally means to “speak in defense,” and there are plenty of authors with books about apologetics. It’s something I find fascinating because as I dissect anti-theist arguments, I find new understand of how God’s creation affirms His presence, something I’m sure those who oppose our faith don’t realize their words do. But is apologetics something on which we are told to spend a lot of time?
I have to admit, I probably spend more time than I should reading atheist writings so I can understand their complaints, and scripture to find the shortfalls of anti-theist criticisms. I could justify doing this with 1 Peter that tells us to always be ready to give answer for our faith. This brings me back to the question at the end of the first paragraph.
Our first calling as Christians is to spread God’s Word to as many people as possible. We do this so that by hearing God’s message they are, for those few precious moments, not distracted by the things of this world. I believe we don’t win people to Christ through argument springing from cognitive skill. If salvation was something we achieve through our own efforts, it would be the result of works and not faith. But Ephesians seems to tell us it’s the other way around; salvation is a gift. By sharing the Gospel, are we not simply removing the distractions of this world for those few precious moments; that is, removing the static between God’s people and salvation? It is His call after all, that leads to salvation, and not something we’ve done.
I think it’s important to note here that some Christians seem more eager to win internet debates than lead someone to God. How would winning a debate at such a cost honor God? Studying apologetics is being ready to give answer about our faith, but not that which results in saving faith.
When you give answers to non-believers, especially those in the anti-theist set, are you helping them understand or causing them to dig their heals into the dirt of non-belief?
What are your thoughts?
These are some of the crimes committed against congregations reported today in North America:
The Church of God in Aylmer, ON in has been hit by vandals four times in the past month according to a report from The London Free Press.
KSNB Television is reporting that trial set to begin for a Nebraska man accused of setting a church on fire in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
A Sacramento, California man was arrested for arson after setting a church on fire in Glenn County, California according to a press release from the sheriff’s office.
Unknown criminals damaged the marquee at Macedonia AME Church in Carrollton, Virginia according to The Smithfield Times.
A cathedral in Ohio was vandalized with graffiti stating, “Jesus is Black” according to the Catholic News Agency.
A Toledo, Ohio police officer and a church arson suspect were both killed in a standoff this week according to WTOL television. A sheriff’s deputy was also killed according to NBC News.
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After 8 years as part of Brian Free & Assurance, Mike Rogers has decided to come off the road and will be taking on a full time position at his church, beginning February 1.
Brian Free says, “Mike and his entire family have been such a blessing and I know God has a great future in store for them. Mike we love you and will miss you.”
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